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rayiliyn, when mjf annouced his pd, my reaction was very similar yours - also the fact that money was no object to him - not that i begrudge him a penny of it - he worked hard to earn it, but it does provide him with many creature comforts we lesser mortals cant aspire to , including the best doctors and the best care and treatment available. But then i realized that i have had this disease a lot longer than he has (28 years). That when i was at his stage of the disease i was running a home, bringing up 3 children, teaching piano part time, volunteering in the library, and caring for a husband dying of cancer. That, when i saw mjf at the forum last june., he was a very sick man and that, MOST IMPORTANT, he has done an enormous amount to increase public awareness of the disease, and has raised enormous sums of money for research. So I know where you are coming from, only too well. ANd I wish all these people well, and hope they can continue working and being strong and able to say and do supportive things for those of the rest of us like you and I, who just stand on the sidelines and watch and listen, and throw in a comment now and again. And as the public learns more about PD they will recognize that we cant all be mjf or the senator, but we all need the same cure! Hilary Blue Rayilyn Brown wrote: > think it is great theese people can manaage PD and carry on with jobs, but it > gives impression everyone can. think it results in trivialization of the > disease. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn